Crepe and Watercolor Flower Tutorial

Every once in a while during the cold days of winter, the sun peeks through the clouds and ever so gently glides over every surface, magnifying the beauty of winter.

Though winter is beautiful, I still long for the sights of Spring and Summer and the gorgeous flowers that dress our gardens.

While you can purchase fresh flowers year round, doing so on a regular basis can be pricey. So I decided to make some pretty blooms that will last a lot longer.

As promised, I am sharing how I made these crepe flowers…

Materials:

White crepe paper

watercolor paints or food coloring

spray bottle

round microwave safe bowl

scissors

hot glue gun

florist tape

florist wire or old artificial tulip flower stem

(I purchased a bunch of tulips for a dollar at the Dollar Store)

Directions:1. Cut crepe into petal shapes2. Turn bowl upside down and place crepe petal on top as shown3. Spray paper with water – crepe will curl around bowl naturally4. Gently shape crepe paper around bowl 5. Apply desired paint colour – you will notice the color will start to run down the petal; continue to apply desired paint colour gradually lighter 6. Place bowl in microwave and set time for 30 seconds – this should be sufficient time to dry the paper, but if not, reheat for another 5 seconds 7. Gently peel petal off bowl – your petal will have a beautiful concave shape8. Remove petals from old artificial tulip to reveal the plastic core 9. Scrunch some previously painted crepe paper and glue to centre of the plastic core10. Glue petals one at a time around core11. Shape petals and finish by wrapping some floral tape around stemnote: if you do not have a stem and would like to use floral wire, simply form ball shape with some pre-painted crepe paper and attach to wire with some floral tape and follow steps 1-10 above.

I love combining water colour and paper to make flowers.

Here are some other samples of flowers I have made using this technique.

Wow! When I first opened my email and scrolled down I really thought these were real flowers! I got to the tutorial part and was amazed! I must try this in the near future. Thanks for such a wonderful blog, I really enjoy reading it!

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Lucy! I am speechless. These flowers are all stunningly beautiful ~ and you are one talented lady!
I can only hope that when I attempt to make these for the upcoming Easter weekend, my crepe blossoms will be even half as gorgeous as yours! I’ve never seen any “faux” florals that look as real as these…they are quite amazing.
But above all, I’m so very grateful for your generosity in sharing your expertise: thank you for wonderful supply lists and great pictorial instructions!
Kathleen

I want to thank you for sharing your creative and stunning paper flowers. I am always trying to learn new crafts and creative ways to reuse everyday items. Your tutorial was wonderful and fun. Thank You so much

These are all stunning! My mother will be thrilled to get this tutorial, as she is starting to make them again at 81, and everything has changed so much since she made them at 30 and dipped them in paraffin to preserve them. Thank you!